Silence (2016)

Silence is a 2016 epic historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Shsaku End, with a screenplay by Jay Cocks and Scorsese. The story follows two Jesuit priests in the seventeenth century who journey from Portugal to Edo-era Japan through Macau in order to find their missing master and spread Catholicism. The novel is set during a period when Japanese believers in the church were forced to flee persecution as a result of the suppression of Christianity in Japan during the Shimabara Rebellion (1637–1638) against the Tokugawa shogunate.

Silence was selected as one of the best ten films of the year by both the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute, and it was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Following The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and Kundun (2001), Silence is the third of Scorsese's three films about religious people coping with spiritual issues (1997).

Detailed Information:
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Tadanobu Asano, Ciarán Hinds
Release dates: November 29, 2016 (Pontifical Oriental Institute)/ December 23, 2016 (United States)/ January 1, 2017 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 161 minutes